Romberg–Student Prince, Drink

We are going to look at three more songs that came from the musical, The Student Prince. Two of the songs are evergreen, meaning that they continue to have a following and are still performed to robust applause: “Drinking Song” and “Serenade.” The third one, “Deep in My Heart Dear” has a lovely melody but is not as rousing as the other two.

One of the rituals of university life, then and now, is the ritual of beer drinking or chugging. You will see in the movie that Karl Franz must drink the oversize stein of beer in one chug. Amazingly, he could still stand up, leap upon the table and sing in full voice. Ah, to be young again.

Let’s listen to “Drink, Drink, Drink” with the Victor Male Chorus.